
I feel like maybe readers weren't satisfied with the ending because of the constant anticipation of something awful happening but in the end, things got to a marginally 'doing okay, tentatively happy' place and with all the build up, that may have been a bit of a let down/felt like not much of a payoff.
I'm okay with it, since really that's pretty much how life goes. And I'm firmly rooted in the 'that could've gone much worse' faction.
It looks like the pet is back on the window sill in that last panel!!
If I'm seeing it wrong, I will simply pass away.
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I'm SO glad he gets his pet back! That stressed me out.